Toilet with easy access cleanout
AssigneeChallenge LLC
InventorTheodore Nuncio
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Abstract
A toilet that with a cleanout aperture and an access panel or plug that provide access to highest point the siphon section of the toilet. The access panel extends over aperture that extends from the flush water inlet surface to the crest, or apex, of the siphon section. The cover plate extends over the flush valve support surface provides access to the siphon section to provide access to clogs in the up sloping, apex, or down sloping portions of the siphon section. The toilet may be wall-mounted or floor mounted.
Claims1
A toilet that is adapted for cooperating with a commercial style, tankless, flush valve, the toilet allowing access to a clogged section of the toilet, the toilet replacing commercial style toilet installations to provide access to the clogged section of the toilet, the toilet comprising:
- a bowl with a rim, the bowl having an outlet for delivering contents found within the bowl to a siphon section that is used to evacuate the bowl;
- a flush water inlet support surface extending from the bowl, the flush water inlet support surface having a flush aperture accepting water delivered to the bowl from the commercial style flush valve for flushing the contents from the bowl, the flush water inlet support surface further comprising a cleanout aperture that extends into the siphon section from the flush water inlet support surface, the cleanout aperture having a perimeter along the support surface and being positioned between the flush aperture and the bowl, the inlet support surface further having a pair of flanges that extend away from the siphon section and along with the water inlet support surface, such that the siphon section is positioned between the pair of flanges;
- a cover plate that extends over the pair of flanges and cleanout aperture and is secured from the pair of flanges and directly against the perimeter of the cleanout aperture, each of said flanges terminates in a lip that extends down from each flange, the lip and the flange defining a valley near the siphon section, and, each flange having at least one fastener aperture that accepts one of the fasteners, so that each of the fasteners extends through the respective flange and protrudes into the respective valley under the respective flange, so that access to the siphon section and sealing access to the cleanout aperture, and the clogged section of the toilet siphon section is readily accessible by removing the cover plate from the water inlet support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.